POET Biorefining - Chancellor
Other power plant · Turner County, South Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- POET Biorefining- Chancellor
- County
- Turner County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among other plants in South Dakota
- #5 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 63853
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 5.4 MW | 5.4 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in South Dakota
| RE Solar, LLC | Solar | 8.3 MW |
| Ft. Pierre | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Valley Queen Cheese | Other | 4.5 MW |
| Spearfish Hydro | Hydro | 4.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All South Dakota power plants · What South Dakota actually generates